Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World (1983)

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Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 0674768000

Condition: Good

The cover is slightly bowed outward. There are scuffs and small tears along the edges of the dust jacket.

Contents Description:

The invention of the mechanical clock is one of the most significant events in human history, as important as the invention of movable type, and a major catalyst in the process that changed Europe from a weak, peripheral outpost of Mediterranean civilization into a formidable aggressor amassing wealth and power through knowledge and technology. - from the inside flap